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    rights was not always publicized due to fear for being “ill” for thinking that way. The fight for rights was known in the mental health community as an illness. In the courts where same-sex couples would be denied the right to marry, from the Stonewall riots to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 26 of this year, the evolvement and difficulty of those fighting. Homosexuality has had a long battle through America, the thought of homosexuality was a mental disorder according to the Diagnostic and

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    Stonewall Riots Civil Rights Paper Living in a world where you’re scrutinized for being yourself is difficult, but living in a world where it’s illegal to be yourself is overwhelming and dehumanizing. Intolerance towards homosexuality had been very common in our society up until a point in time where LGBT+ people began to realize they were being denied basic civil rights that they should have had. The Stonewall riots took place when queer people had taken enough of discrimination and violence and

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    view Before judging gay people you should get to know them. The gay rights movement in the US can be traced back to the Stonewall Riots that occurred following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City at 3 a.m. on June 28th, 1969. Police raids on gay bars were commonplace, but on this occasion the gay and lesbian patrons fought back and sparked days of protests.The Stonewall

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    matter how disastrous that might become. This has been shown by multiple events throughout the entire Gay Rights movement, most notably the birth of the movement which are, the Stonewall Riots, “These riots were highly influential to establishing a foothold, however it was a peaceful protest, despite the name. Stonewall Riots was the forerunner for LGBT movements and begin gay rights groups June 28, 1969, In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a group of gay customers at a

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    Stonewall Riots The year 1970, When two men tried to get married the university denied them because they were the same-sex. It was illegal to have same-sex sex at around 1969 which is unfair to all same-sex couples. All the gay people wanted was to be treated fairly, just as the straights do. And with complete honesty they didn’t want marriage specifically, they just wanted the rights. On June 26, 2015, the U.S supreme court ruled, that gay marriage is a right protected by the U.S constitution

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    How Is Kinky Boots Essay

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    The film, Kinky Boots, is about a young shoe factory owner named Charlie Price, and his partnership with a drag queen named Lola. After his father’s death, Charlie had a choice to either sell the company, or to take on the responsibilities left by his father. Choosing to take on the business, he created a goal to save the factory by making a shoe designed for a niche market, drag queens. Charlie asked for Lola’s help, and they worked together with the other factory members to produce and bring these

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    Zaps Political Protest

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    ‘Zaps’ are a type of political protest most commonly used by the Gay Activists Alliance to pressure politicians to pay attention to homosexual issues. Often known for their ‘zaps’ that took place in the 1970s, members of the GAA would insert themselves into situations, create chaos, and essentially “the good guys would embarrass the bad guys” (Faderman, 218). It was a very effective tactic, as they were able to create enough of a scene that their antics caused politicians to change their viewpoints

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    AIDS was killing people, which runs counter to the ideology that the 1980's were full of nostalgia. The LGBTQ+ community had fought for rights throughout history so that they would be able to live “normal” lives. By the end of the 1960’s the Stonewall riots created a movement that inspired people of the

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    The greatest changes ever to happen ever were the direct result of a period of civil disorder. what do you think the usa thought of the civil rights movement? what do you think the space New York City police thought of the Stonewall Riots? moses and the pharos? change has only ever happens, like it or not, by civil disorder. any person that seeks to discourage teaching that should read an actual history book for once. in texas, Students are going to be learning that slavery

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    It was approximately three a.m. on the twenty-eighth of June, 1969 when outside the Stonewall Inn, a monumental riot began. On Christopher Street in New York City, a police raid had just taken place in the gay bar due to the selling of liquor without a license, and arrests were made to anyone without a minimum of three articles of gender appropriate clothing on in accordance to New York law. This was one of several police raids that occurred in a gay bar in such a small amount of time, and the LGBT

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